# Accident 20110617019339A: Perth Amboy BIRD CK, New Castle, PA, June 17, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2011, 10:55 local time
- Place: New Castle, PA
- Airport: New Castle Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0250° N, 80.4139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0250&lon=-80.4139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N914V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N914V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Perth Amboy BIRD CK (registry code 6840132, https://openairdocs.org/model/perth-amboy-bird-ck) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming R680 (registry code 41540, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-r680) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PERTH AMBOY BIRD CK
- Reported engine: LYCOMING R680
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 220 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA351) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110617019339A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE PIC WAS ENROUTE TO AN AVIATION EVENT IN PRINCTON, NJ.  FLIGHT DEPARTED DEKALB, IN (DKB) DIRECT TO PRINCTON, NJ (K39N) WITH A FUEL STOP IN KUCP NEW CASTLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEW CASTLE, PA. BETWEEN 11-11:30 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N914V MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31.  THE PILOT STATED HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND WHILE APPLYING BRAKES LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, GROUND LOOPING THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AT APPROXIMATLY MIDFIELD (GROUND LOOPED), THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED STRIKING THE PROP WITH SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE. THE RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE RUNWAY BREAKING THE LOWER WING SPAR AND DAMAGING THE WING TIP FROM THE STRUT MOUNT OUTBOARD.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATLY MIDFIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA11CA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA351), Jun 17, 2011: Perth Amboy Bird CK (N914V), New Castle, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper use of brakes during the landing rollout.

## Other reports on N914V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840701046119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840701046119I), Jul 1, 1984: Perth BIRDCK (N914V), Lilylake, IL, Minor damage. Made a rolling turn takeoff run. Lost control and nosed over off the runway. Steerable tail wheel lock had failed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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